I went on a lovely snowshoe this weekend with friends.  We went up to Gatineau Park and basically hiked in snowshoes, because there wasn't actually snow enough to need them.  But the grippy bit on the bottom of the snowshoes did help when climbing the icy hills.  It was quite challenging, I have to say.  I don't remember the last time I was on ( Read more... )

I am currently enjoying a quiet evening, watching White Christmas once again.  It has been a long couple of weeks, with lots of things going on at work, like meetings and urgent requests, addressing comments and other things that hadn't been scheduled into my workplan.  So, some of my work that I was supposed to get done was delayed.  And right now ( Read more... )

November 30th was quintessentially November.  I'm sorry to those who are truly bothered by the weather, but it's true.  Grey, dark, cold, rainy, pre-winter weather that you can't justify your winter parka because of the sopping wet, but you can see your breath and your fingers ache from holding an umbrella.  That, my friends, is November ( Read more... )

It's unfortunate that today I wish for more quiet. I didn't attend the rally to protest prorogation today, mainly because I didn't wish to be in the crowd. I suspected that the chaos would be a bit much for me, and frankly I wasn't feeling up to dealing with a mass of people. Especially when political protests inevitably draw stupid people who ( Read more... )

I'm currently flying through yet another round of frenetic social engagements and commitments, wishing that I had said no, or that I felt like I could say no. Perhaps that is more true ( Read more... )

I will probably regret not being in bed right now in about six hours, but too bad.  I had a relaxing long weekend fraught with certain tiredness and achiness, but also lovely moments and a good friend ( Read more... )

Ahhhh. I have a stew in the oven, so dinner's taken care of. I have laundry to do, but I don't feel like it right now. I might do some painting tonight or I might not. I like Me Days. I'm going to be mostly antisocial this week and just do Me stuff on evenings. I may not even go out for St Patrick's Day because I'll be cat-sitting for my ( Read more... )

Okay, so slightly better than last night, I'm just tired today and not as down and discouraged. Not to say that I'm not discouraged right now, because I am, but I'm better today. Thanks to my friend who dropped me a concerned line ( Read more... )

So, I watched An Inconvenient Truth, and I have to say that I've changed my mind. I liked it. I thought Al Gore did a good job, made the science accessible, didn't dumb it down terribly, and he had great graphics. Whoever does his animation is awesome (I'm sorry, was that Matt Groening??) So I recommend it. For sure ( Read more... )